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Richard Valantasis' The Gospel of Thomas

in these passages. Ostensibly, this is a saying of Jesus and part of his ministry. Therefore, if one substitutes the word light to...

Anti Abortion's Normative Argument

all abortions in the United States. The abortion rate of Black women is three times that of White women." Anti-abortion activist...

Integrating Various Theories of Criminology

as presented by traditional explanations (Elliott, 1985). Through integration, Elliott (1985) proposes that one achieves a theoret...

Quran and Woman by Amina Wadud

within a larger holistic framework. For instance, in considering the first verse of the surah, which is entitled "Women" and dis...

Sex Crimes, Blame, and Perceptions of Society

Understandably, such an action might be interpreted as a willingness on her part but in reality this action, even though Arnold ne...

The Distinctly American 'Best Essays Of The Century'

of racial struggles. In one of her most well known pieces - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Angelou addresses the concept of op...

Corporate Environment Poor Listening Situation

empathy would have gone a long way in this situation; all Harold had to do was look beyond his own immediate needs and consider Ca...

Orientalism by Edward Said

(as indicated above), Said maintains that Oriental studies, rather than being an objective field actually serves political ends. S...

Nurse Practitioners Article, a Critique

effectiveness has been studied extensively, and that studies consistently conclude that NP-based care is comparable to that origin...

Sleep Problems in Young Childre Study Critiqued

The study itself focused on the sleep pattern of infants in an attempt to determine the development of any possible disturbed slee...

'It Takes a Village' in Toni Cade Bambara's Short Story 'The Lesson'

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

The Term 'Hazard' Analyzed Within the Context of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

again. This time, however, Bassanio urges Antonio to loan it one more time while Bassanio will bring the latter hazard back again...

Plato and Aristotle on Good

idea that concepts and forms had to begin somewhere. How does one know that they are looking at a pink, or a red, or a blue item? ...

1 Peter

Passion at a distance (Atlantic Baptist University). This author suggests that Peter refers to himself as an eyewitness because "h...

Barack Obama and the Rhetorical Skeleton

to be reducing altitude; since they were on combat patrol they assumed it was an attack (Schank 305). He finished by saying he tho...

Human Nature According to Confucius

those often aligned with Eastern thought. Yao & Yao (1998) write: "Here are yang and yin [two cosmic forces]: thus humans have the...

Society through the Lens of John Landis’s “Trading Places”

the streets? Will Valentine disgrace himself in the commodities market? Since this is a comedy, we know the answer to both questio...

Historical Causation Does Not Necessarily Apply to Classical Historiography

we will find one single causal factor underlying all of history. Munro makes the same argument: while there are a great many theo...

Borges: "The Garden of the Forking Paths"

Tsun says no one can know his "innumerable contrition and weariness" (Borges). What does Borges mean when he claims the world is ...

The Meaning of Ethnic, Racial and Gender Imagery in Plath's The Bell Jar

is a sense of familiarity. In some way, this author does not want to reveal the prejudices or insights of the narrator too early o...

All Men Created Equal - the Dream Denied

century, then, DuBois committed himself to encouraging blacks to understand that in order to survive the "inordinate stress and cr...

Why the U.S. Invasion of Iraq is Wrong

a service member in the fighting (Rangel). Otherwise, the Iraq War, and the on-going mess in Afghanistan, have remained unreal to ...

Thy Kingdom Come By Randall Balmer

He also reminds people that Jesus never said anything about abortion or homosexuality and said very little on family values and ye...

Tom Paine: Common Sense

that would "sweep away the liberties of the continent like a deluge" (Paine). The alternative was to return to British control, wh...

Media Perception & Canadian Healthcare System

the director of health system performance studies at Fraser Institute, was quoted as saying that "It is irresponsible for a wealth...

MySpace: An Invisible World Flattener

other nations (the U.S. and Western Europe, as mentioned) are sitting back relaxed, not paying attention to the destruction of the...

Pet Care Industry

As stated, the pet food industry already generates more than $53 billion in sales; accessories and nonessential services (i.e., ex...

Plato and Sophocles

very powerful and just individual, putting aside the fact she was a woman. While this speaks of men, and fighting for justice, one...

STD Abstinence-Only Education/Is It Working?

any longer than the regular sex education curriculum that is taught in many schools and that "Morality needs to incorporate realit...

Above All Earthly Pow'rs By David F. Wells

is only one truth and it is this truth that all Christian churches should be promoting. Citing another author, Wells reports that ...